Using Playlists, Using the front panel display

Pioneer XV-CX500, CX303 Using Playlists, Using the front panel display, Clear, Press PGM SHIFT+1

07Disc playback features

•For a CD or Video CD/Super VCD, select a track to add to the program list.

After pressing ENTER to select the title/ chapter/track, the step number automatically moves down one.

4Repeat step 3 to build up a program list. A program list can contain up to 24 steps.

•You can insert steps by just highlighting the position where you want the new step to appear and entering a title/chapter/track number.

•To delete a step, highlight it and press

CLEAR.

5To play the program list, press  (play). Program play remains active until you turn off program play (see below), erase the program list (see below), eject the disc or switch off.

Tip

•Use the following controls during program play:

Button	What it does

HOME Save the program list and exit

MENU without starting playback.

Skip to the next step in the program list.

Using the front panel display

Even though the OSD is available for CDs, the front panel display provides information to make a program list easily. If a disc is playing, stop it first.

1 Press PGM (SHIFT+1).

You’re prompted to enter a track for the first step in the program list.

2Use the number buttons to select a track, then press ENTER.

If you make a mistake, press CLEAR to delete the last (most recently) programmed track.

3Repeat step 2 to build up a program list. A program list can contain up to 24 steps.

4To play the program list, press  (play).

•Program play remains active until you press  (stop), clear the playlist (see tip above), eject the disc or switch off the player.

Using Playlists

With this feature, you can make up to three playlists of 30 files each for discs containing WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC and JPEG files.

Since this unit will remember all playlists for the last ten discs you have loaded, this is useful for if you have a large number of files that you

want to organize quickly and easily.1

Other functions available from the

program menu

Programming playlists

There are a number of other options in the program menu in addition to Create/Edit.

•Playback Start – Starts playback of a saved program list

•Playback Stop – Turns off program play, but does not erase the program list

•Program Delete – Erases the program list and turns off program play

1With the disc stopped, press HOME

MENU and select ‘Disc Navigator’ from the on-screen menu.

2Select the file you want to add to the playlist.

See Browsing WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, DivX video and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator on page 30 if you don’t know how to do this.

Note

1 The disc must be loaded for the files in your playlist to play back.

CX303, XV-CX303, CX505, S-CX505, S-CX303 specifications

Pioneer has long been recognized as a leading name in audio technology, offering a range of tape receivers and CD players that have set benchmarks in sound quality and design. Among their noteworthy products, the CX500, S-CX500, XV-CX505, XV-CX500, and S-CX303 stand out due to their innovative features and robust construction.

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